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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11485
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14571
13 Actual Demand 11201
14 Aggregate Planning 12203
15 Air Cargo 10068
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6646
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34856
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15330
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19260
20 Assembly Line 22380
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22963
22 Average Speed of Answer 26557
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23106
24 Batch Production 38347
25 Bill Discounting 14516
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11217
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7139
28 Blanket Release 10007
29 Bonded Warehouse 10055
30 Booking Number 13774
31 Bottleneck 9514
32 Buffer Stock 59211
33 Build to Stock 12987
34 Bullwhip Effect 9642
35 Business Logistics 25690
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12565
37 Capacity Management 40476
38 Capacity Utilization 14092
39 Capital Intensive 8403
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8726
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8964
43 Channel Effectiveness 8923
44 Co-Destiny 9292
45 Co-managed Inventory 12531
46 Co-Packers 11761
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6865
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19765
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19526
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11407
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15224
59 CPFR 8215
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11791
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44129
62 Date Code 18214
63 Days of Supply 19827
64 Dead on Arrival 9294
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7305
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8100
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14206
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10925
70 Dispatching 24488
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34718
73 Distribution Metrics 9103
74 Distribution Planning 24189
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15204
76 Double Marginalization 52692
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22347
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20598
80 Echelon Inventory 26193
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49696
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25465
85 Engineer-to-Order 31725
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16475
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13482
91 Exponential smoothing 9826
92 External Growth 10068
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9483
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10426
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14601
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27012
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8169
101 FOB Destination 13018
102 Forward buying 30126
103 Freight Charge 10382
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8283
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11724
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29573
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23414
110 Idle Time 8063
 
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